eSIM as a technology has been around for a decade now. However, global eSIM adoption was around 3% last year and will only cross 5% this year.

Despite these figures, analysts, eSIM-providing startups, and investors are bullish about eSIM’s upward trajectory, largely thanks to travel.

Device compatibility

One of the key factors for that is phone makers launching devices with eSIM features.

The first batch of smartphones with eSIM arrived in 2017 and 2018, with the Pixel 2 and the iPhone XR among the most notable phones. In 2022, Apple ditched the physical SIM slot to go eSIM-only for the U.S. market, and Google followed suit with the Pixel 10 this year .

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This year, Apple upped the ante by releasing the eSIM-only iPhone Air and offering an eSIM-only model of t

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